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Four people were killed while riding a water attraction at the Australian theme park Dreamworld in Queensland on Tuesday, October 25, the Associated Press reports.

Police and investigators at Dreamworld on Oct. 25, 2016, in Australia's Gold Coast, where four people have been confirmed dead following an accident on the Thunder River Rapids ride.Jason O'Brien/Getty Images

Per CNN, two men (ages 35 and 32) and two women (ages 42 and 38) were on a fast-moving circular raft on the Thunder River Rapids Ride when it flipped on a mechanical section of the track near steel rails. Two people were ejected from their seats and the other two were stuck on the ride.

In this image made from video, rescue personnel stand by the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, Australia, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016.Channel 9 via AP

A Queensland Ambulance Service officer could not clarify whether the two left on the ride were trapped under water or caught in the machinery. According to CNN, police were called because "a number of people had been injured by a conveyor belt."

Employees of the park tried to help, but all four victims died at the scene. Gavin Fuller, acting senior operations supervisor for Queensland Ambulance Service, said that workers are "deeply affected by this terrible accident."

Police and investigators at Dreamworld on Oct. 25, 2016, in Gold Coast, Australia. Four people have been confirmed dead following an accident on the Thunder River Rapids ride at the theme park on Tuesday.Jason O'Brien/Getty Images

The park is now closed indefinitely as police continue to investigate the situation. "We are deeply shocked and saddened by this," Dreamworld CEO Craig Davidson said in a statement, via the AP. "And our hearts and our thoughts go out to the families involved and to their loved ones."

Per CNN, the Thunder River Rapids Ride has broken down twice before in the past.